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THTTRSDAY MORu. g,
THE DEFEAT AT MANASbli
The disaitrous intelligence which we pub
lished last evening, and which we
a measure, continue this morning,
will strike the people of the North as a thun
derbolt ; but as a thunderbolt brings to dif
ferent persons different emotions and senti
ments, so will this unexpected blow upon the
Korth occasion a variety of emotions among
the people who go to make up the "rank and
file" of our community. To the timid and
cowardly it will carry dismay and consterna
tion ; to the over cautious it will sound as a
koominggun against their hopes ; to the en
thusiasts and the daring man it will sound
the omen of a brighter hope than he has as
yet seen, while by a cool, calculating and me
thodical man a steady look will be kept out,
with a view to the final result.
It is useless lor us, or any one, with the
evidences before us to calculate the chances
f success or defeat before us. We know
that on a certain occasion, on a certain time
when our Nation and government was in a
greater rait than it is now, a somewhat dis
tinguished man said "let us all hang togeth
er!" And so say we now, let us all hang
together in the bond of Unity, and we will,
iii the end, hang all the traitors who are now
onspiring against the government.
The Americans in London celebrated the
Fourth by a breakfast at the. Royal Coro
made hotel. The company numbered over
two hundred, and Itev. Dr. Pat ton, of New
York presided. Rev. Dr. MeClintoek of N.
Y.. made the principal speech, and ad tres
es were, made by Rev. Mr. Eddy, of ISoston,
and other". The best feeling pervaded the
electing, although many of the old American
residents in London declined to attend, be
ing more or les infected with doubts as to ;
the permanency of the United States. The
minister?, and consuls under the recent ad-
ministration. left a great deal of this K)rt of
political infidelity in their wake. The Lon
don Star, commenting on the circumstances
f this anniversary of American Indepen- ;
d-iv e. ay :
'lie tourth of July. lm.l, will at all j
events he a day long to l remmhered. j
Not cnlv ha.s there been none like i: since !
the Declaration 01 Indt peiidence was sub- !
scril.e U but there en be none such other. j
A nation is not called to pass twice through j
a trial like that to which the republic is now j
subjected. The fieiy ordeal either destroys
or purifies. The Congress now sitting at
"Washington, may also be said to hold in its
hands the future of the American perple
certainly as truly so as did the Congress of
177i. J he weakness of indecision, the im
prudence of compromise, might then Lave
proved fatal to the cause of Independence ibr
which blood had jut been shed at Hanker
Hill. So now, it' Congress proves more anx
ious to maintain the Union than to establish
the principles on which it was founded it
the conscience and liberty of citizenship be
sacrificed to the mere name and frame woik
fthe republican government who can fell
what calamities will How n from such dis
honor V"
Hon. E. 1'. Walton writes home under
the date of July Kth : " I am sorry to add
that Esekiel Downing, of Ludlow, company
J. 2d Vermont regiment, died yesterday of
putrid sore throat. It is the same disease
that was fatal to young Stoddard. I have
also to add the death of still another young
Vermonter, a nephew of 1. B. Bowdish of
Burlington. He died yesterday, of bleeding
St the lungs. His body has been embalmed
tc-dav, and is to be taken to his home. "
The rebel emissaries get the coldest recep
tion m Paris. A letter from that city says :
'Yancey and Rost have been here, and bail
a private interview with 'he minister of for
eign affairs, who told them, in effect, that he
received them for the purpose of informing
them that he would not recognize nor aid
them in any manner. Yancey returned to
England, but Rost is trying to raise funds,
without prospect of success though I am
told he has offered as inducement, to guaran
tv the recognition hereafter of the repudia
te'1, debts ol the Southern States, about Sl.
400,000 of which is held in France. Nothing
is as good as calamity to re-establish virtues."
(Jtx j Fi.Ki.iNt; Among tiii; Volvx
tkeks. A Washington letter in the Hart
ford Times says there is a large degree of
brotherhood among the volunteers from the
different States. Men who have never met
before ate acquainted without introduction
in ten minutes, and intimate friends in fifteen.
Many instances of kindness between stran
gers whose only bond of Union was an en
listment in the same cause, have occurred
The other night a young volunteer was in
quiring anxiously for some one with the same
uniform as his. His question was put to one
of the Tureos belonging to the Dekaleb Ite
oiment. He went into Brown's Hotel with
Lim, and into some of the adjoining stores.
Presently they returned, unsuccessful
" What do ye want ter find him ftr V" asked
Turco. " Why the fact is that he's got all
the money, an' I want somethin' to eat an,
drink." If that's all, ye need n't to wait
ier him. So oH they go, arm in arm.
THE SOUIHEKN REBELLION.
Fifteeen additional regiments from PennJ
eylvai ia, said to be the finest troops, in out
fit and equipment, of any from the State
were on Wednesday accepted by the Sec re
tary of War. Six of these regiments are to
be ordered to Washington, five will join Gen
Patterson command, and the other four are
variously distributed. sj., ..
THE IRTJTLAND
TT....U Afl".
"Tom Brown" fob the f1"-"
HuAes dedicates the second volume of h
?S Brown at Oxford'' to J Jg
Lowland says ctunu Mj
dear friend, you cannot r te U
in rn
-i jg gouiiuob ouu .
,tH vou in vour great strug
manrainfH. tni.. . Uir npwsnauei tie
best of them are. sncakm.. is I can see the
right side. Not so warmly or oA!y on the
I could wish ; for this our free-trade n6c...a3
and some hasty and inconsiderate speaking
and writing on your side will account. But
be sure that the issues are appreciated here,
and while we see the awfulness of the task
you have in hand, we have faith in you, we
believe that if it can be done you will do it,
and we wish you from the bottom of our
hearts. Clod speed ! The great tasks of the
world are only laid on the strongest shoul
ders. We, who have India to guide and
train, who have for our tasks the educating
her wretched people into free men, who feel
that the work cannot be shifted from our
selves and must be done as God would have
it done, at the peril of England's own life,
can and do feel for you. But as we hope to
get through with our own work, as we would
ask no meaner work for ourselves, so we re
joice that you, our brethren, have shaken
youselves up to your work, and have put
your hands to it in such grim earnest as as
suscs us that the old blood is still the same,
despite all difference of latitude aad longi
tude. And so, with firm faith that your
country will quit herself as England's sister
should in tin's fiery trial time, and with all
good wishes to you and yours, believe me ev
er gratefully and most truly yours."
A Pkx Portrait of Mr. Lincoln Mr.
Willis, in his last letter to the Home Journal
draws tuis incTure ot the 1 resident : " 1 here
was a momentary interval a (lag-raising at j
Washington while the band played the 'Star :
Spangled Banner,' and, during the brief j
'waiting for the won!,' all eyes, ot' course, j
were on the president'!! face, in which fat j
least for those near enough to see it well) !
there was the same curious problem of ex- ,
pression which has been more than once
noticed by the close observer of that singular i
countenance the two-fold workings of the ;
twofold nature of the man. Lincoln the
westerner, slightly huiiK rous but thoroughly
practical anil sagacious, was measuring ' the
chore ' that was to be done, and wondering1
whether that string was going to draw that !
heap of snuff through the hole, in the top of!
the pavillion determining that it shoul i. but I
teeing clearly that it was mechanically a !
bad.y arranged j(Jb, and expecting ihedilii- j
culty that did actually occur. Lincoln the j
president and statesman was another nature j
M'l-n in those ab-traet and serious eves, which
seemed withdrawn to an inner satn tnarv of
'bought, sitting in judgment on the tl,. afJ(j
following its far reach into tic; future A
whole man, and an exceedingly -handy' and
joyous one, was to hoist the flag; but an anx
ious and reverent and deep-thinking states
man and patriot was to stand apart while it
went up, and pray God for its long waving
and sacied welfare. Completely and yet
separately, the strange face told both series,
and told them well. I was pleased, though
no' surprised, to find that the same impress
ion of the wonderfully distinct and two-fold
nature of Mr. Lincoln had been inado r
an eje f'ufl ol genius which saw him tor the
first time to-day. In a conversation with
Miss Stebbins, the inspired sculptress of the
'Lotus-eatsr," tl is evening, I heard her ex
press the same thought as to the strong and
honest good humor of the physical nature,
combined with the standing apart expression
of the serious and far-seeing eyes."
The people of' Georgia voted, on the 2d,on
the adoption of the Confederate Constitution,
but appear not to have taken any interest
in the matter. In some entire counties not
100 votes were cast. In several counties no
election was held. So far as reported in the
Savannah papers the vote heard from, was
1051 for the Constitution to 914 against.
More than one third the vote cast being
against the Confederacy, when its acceptance
was considered a matter of course, is not an
insignificant indication. With any prospect
of getting out of the scrape and returning to
the Union, there can be no doubt that this
third would gain rapidly from the other side.
Burxktt of Kkxtucky. Burnett, one
of the Kentucky representatives, who while
a notorious and avowed secessionist, has ac
cepted a seat in Congress the better to aid
the rebellion, while he yvas canvassing in his
district, on one occasion, called on his friends
to tear down and trample the Union flag
that was floating near by. The Union men
present tlrew their weapons and collected
around the flag-statl'.and i: was left untouched
On the second of March Mr. Burnett made
the following assertion in the lobby of Wil
lard's Hotel in Washington : " The Yankees
are a set of damned cowards. They live on
codfish and potatoes, and will always run in
a fight. The crowd of Southerners who had
gathered round the speaker applauded this
sentiment, and Burnettt proceeded in the
same strain. But Burnett has found occa
sion to correct his opinions on that point, and
in the debate in the House, a few days since,
Le said : ' And now I tell Northern gentle
men that I do not call in question the brave
ry or the gallantry of their men. I have seen
their service on the battle fields of the coun
try. 1 know the vast resources of' the North
and the powers of that section." The reply
of Mr. Hickman of Pennsylvania was to the
point : " Sir, I have never before heard it
admitted on this floor that the North had any
courage ; but now at the eleventh hour, yea,
at five minutes before high noon, comes the
admission that the North has some courage.
Let the gentleman from Kentucky look to it
that the Northern courage he now admits
does not bring upon him and his the desola
tion he fears."
The Waltham Mass. Sentinel of July, con
tains the following :
'TIutlaxd, Vermont. We are happy
to announce that the sixteenth annual Fair
of the Rutland County Agricultural Society
will be held in Rutland, Vermont, on
Wednesday and Thursday, October 2d ar.d
ad. -The ollicers of this Institution seem de
termined not to be bluil'ed from another
grand exhibition by the unfortunate state of
tbe affairs of our country, which, no doub!,
will be the. means of a very large increase in
the annual products of the country, not only
in the vicinity oi' Rutland, but throughout
the State. We have no doubt, too, that the
variety and quantity of the articles produced
lor exhibition will supersede that of any
loimer year. We should like to be one of a
party to be present on this occasion.' -..
AyEEKLY Hill ALP : TIIUltfDAY, JULY 25, 1861.
MOUNT KILLNGTON
Editor. Herald I ebuld be glad to say
throu.dt the iredium of te Herald, that the
obstructions in thfe Moan Kilhngton road,
such as trees blown dowi and tree tops ial
len by lumbermen, bre been removed,
and parties can now ridto within fifty rods
of the summit. j L. WILKINS.
Mention, July 2f, 16-
he rviciiT Sort oa General. At
a recent celebration in otland, Col. Alison
referred to I.ont Cle-ile ir Colin Camnbell)
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in terms which will rend everv one of the
peculiar charactl:
irlsties Gen. Scott, as fol- !
lows :
I may be, perhaps, llowed to refer for
one moment to what consider the salient
characteristic of Lord Jlyde.'u generalship.
I allude to hise!xtradinary care of his
men. I believe there no commander who
has achieved such gat success with o
small an expenditure i human life. He
has never purchased ith blood what he
could win by skill. In far, we all know, j
t blood must be shied. Buhe art of the com-
I mander consists 'in iilang his troops, with
the least possible loss, i the best possible ;
position to achieve a dti-ive success; and
this is what Sir Colin Caiphell has never ;
failed to do. When the tne, however, come ;
as come it must that the issie has to be ,
.otf it... .iuii om .CV. Bil.tier. there is i
V (. L J I 1 ,1... . I Wll I d I II. V. I i - ..... . , '
. .i
no one who ttien ttirots mem into acuoii
more foreiblv and more fiv tlun he. And i
he does more, gentlemen, he -er leads them
.i i.:. ,.ic 'l i ... : v.:- f
f mv can uv that Vie .v.r rm 1 ri.lr that liis '
; III' IO UllUSTil. X II' I ' 13 IIlWI V arz III UH Ol-
! general did not share. .Not nort surely did
j the Huguenots of old know tlat tiev would I
find the white plumes of "ILn-y d' Navarre.'
floating before tbcm in tie van of battle,
than do the hardy veteran- of th lligl land
division feel assured that they wil see thro'
the rolling smoke, the grey lork of their
aged chief leading th'-iii in the risis of the
fight.
From Soi l h Amkkica. Advices from
Monte vid -o are to May 31. 'Ihere Is very
little new-. Tin- much talkei oi Ainue-'v
has not yet been published. The bill impos
ing a heavy tax upon every heal of cattle
exported passed the Senate, uiuih agaiiit
the wishes of the government. The clergy
have presented a petition to the government
praying that the .). ui's. be peraitred to re
turn. A Ciivom H'iu-e league, Ike the Eu
ropean Zo'lveresti. has been projo-ed to be
formed b.-twei n the South Anc-ii'-in I' -jiu'i-lics.
to if,,, exclu ion of Brazil. T.ie inten-e
hatred of Brazil ii the parent of
r
which is not likeltj to be realized. A couple
of country district .-ubv.-ribed 5 '. tor the
Mendoza sufferers.
Buenos Ayr.-. da'--s are to May 'g'J. 'I In
state of atl tirs there is rapidly growing
worse, and a violent oui break wa looked
for dailv. Gen. Mitre is entirelv unable 'o
control the tide ofpopular leading, which ba
been terrible exa-
M-rated bv
the expulsion
of the Buenos Avrean inemi-rs from the na
tional Congress. The Federal Co gres-. has
ordered new elections, and Buenos Ayres
refuses' toofev, believing th
nave ( en trauip!rJ on, and resoWes on war.
The government js therefore preparing for
the worst, by orgaii.zing of the land and sea,
forces. In fact. tSie contest may be said to
have begun, since we find the notorious Col.
Saa, of San Juan memory, threatening to !
destroy Cordova unless some arms belonging
to the general government were given up to !
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UlllJ. Ill llll iiicaiiii iim: Hl. "' . . i .1.. i, v
l'jrana h:4 ilir.'i t.lil him to keen his force in !
the field until aif tirls in Buenos Avres take a
decided turn. Bu
iness there is paralyzed.
Commercial writers throughout the North
and West notice the recovery of business.
The rebellion at tbe South is the great dis
turber of the business of the country, but it
has by no means destroyed the commerce of
the country. Ships tare fairly employed and
the entire railway! interest is much more
profitable than last year. As to the canals
of the State, thev were never more active.
i
So far as the cro"sare concerned there are
no complaints worth naming. The natural
business of a great nation rich in ships, roads
and crops, must be done, rebellion or no re
bellion as will sexn be realized. Congress has
now fully authorized the issue of the public
credit for S2T0.000j0o0. This amount and
more is soon to be -xpended, giving unuual
activity and profit to certain branches of
trade, & indirectly now relating to all kinds
of businoss.
While this tonic is beins administered to
business at the North, the Federal army will
steadily proceed in the restoration of politi
cal order in the South, and by the time
Southern products are ready tor market, it
may be that Southern men will be ready to
tell. Should this o-cur, there is nothing to
prevent further large receipts of gold trOi.i
Europe in exchange for our produce, arid
fur our public debt, which will be in extrava
gant demand abroad, as soon as order pre
vails in the whole United State-. That the
Federal Government will soon peaceably
rule over the entire Union i fast becoming
the universal belief.
Tiik Wi st FoinIi Visih.h:s' Rkpokt.
The annual report Jlif the Board ot" Viscors
to tile West Foint Military School reveals
faults similar to those which, under ex-Secretary
Floyd, helped to corrut. t so many olli
ci rs !' our army. 'ljhe visitors disc-over a
great lack of discipline in the school, and in
deed their presence vjraa not sulli' ient to de
ter a few cadets from making some mortify
ing exhibitions ol it. The officers of the aca
demy were and are npi to blame fiir this. It
has been the habit ot Foyd 'o reinstate pu
pils dismissed for ill Conduct, incompetency
and u'ntaithtulness ovj-r the heads, and in
spite o! the protestations of their teachers
and the superintendent vvas even p it in tin
humiliating position of being required to in
form the discharged cadets that if re-nominated
they would be re-appointed.
Thtj cause of three lourths of the abuses
which have dissa islied the nation with the
management of iis great military school per
ished when the last administration passed
out of power. The ctlieieney of its training,
in spi! of these abuses, will be proved on
every jattle Iii Id for the coming six mouths.
Congress and the War 1)! panment will now
see to it that its ca acity is enlarged, and
that its discipline, so admirable in all techni
cal respects, lias no impediments lo prevent
its real hing the highest poi it 1 pra .-tieal
ellicienev. I
Since I he recent captures off the Cuban
coast by Davis's pirates no United States
vessel can obtain a charter in Cuban ports
shippers refusing to take the risk of their be
ing fallen in with by pirate. All the sugar
and molasses there to be shipped is given to
English
and Dutch vessels. I his state of
tilings H
not only very mortifying, but also
J very rui
j captains
i said to e
ions to American ship-owners and
A rierlcct panic on the subject is j
I whic li lio
gumma
mov.
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line tne cut-
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almost ur- ' 'ak.-n by ih
ia"ar;i or I
Crusi'h-r.
An
Alil.I'MKSI A;!NSt Kcoxomv IS
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Bo-ton.
tne!" tf.
The s-.
aid a g-
those wl
greater 1
W U. 11- I- B 'I haver of;
n a s.-nnon ii !i' ici la-t Sunday, 1
following tuiieiy fUggc.stitjns :
oi' th" 1 lines (l.-mandi liberality ,
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nero i- ex pi ii'i:: a; i.n uie pi i oi
to na i
lie-aft-, wiio-e income is
wa'.t-. u"h as these
jo nv. shou! i nor aim to
: ii I as little a- pos-ible.
ta'.king ot retrench-
ban tic
shoul'i : o' .-" ci'.
save as
llll' ll Hlel
I 1
iear inanv of t J: i
incut, ,f re'f'j.'itig 'ie-ir
ing themelves and t .in:
which thev have a
This is a ini-faKi-n ji ii.i ;
xpense-. of d'-ny-
ses tin, aid mat to t
c j-:o:u-l. I av no
Win-' shoul f'vou j
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save
W hv
1 o i are it.
iiould v oa ;
i;o danger of' sufferifg. !
.lid ie-. id.l who have I
more than enough, wnise t.i .usands around t
are wanting eM soy uier.t arm urea ., aim nave
no'hn-g .' W t.at . oae- ot tins ;.Uss it
eveiv rich ma i. ev.-rv laindv whose
ainiiy wnose income
.
exceed-. ,v inuct.
or liVi'f. their curierii ex- ,
extieiises. begins ecij:, o;ui.-lhg and UlUiiril.sh- ,
in" expenditure, to tie lowest point possible? 1
What is to be .in," of ?he.e people wi'hout
work o- moil-v .' I n-v inu-t live. They i
uiu-thave t,rt-ad. (iive tu-aj eurplovment :
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and they wnl ea. n i'. It yn do not they j
mu-t still ha-.e br-ad. tiiar certain, and j
some
bodv mu-t turr.i-ti r. -o. l say again .
saving
means
pre-e,.
ijtiailv
c'o-eiv wnti MiO-e Alio IMV' aouii'iaiu
i- false n in sa-h tunes as the
ip. o-e vour in .oui'- has ieen an- ;
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our Ute minister l-"aikfi-r : Madame
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Bonaiiarte t ,1 1 me -lie oth-r dav that on.-
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Jtl lt 'iiijot i j , ( (iu nil- i i in- - j
ardently w:h to your grand-o:i our em-
jien r. iie-jiec tor the geiitjeman at wno-e
table s);e vva dn.ing. alotit? pre veil ted her
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Re-,
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his lamilv has s- ii t- ii da; s, although one
member ol it vvas a iiigaa.i-;.
rogue ye. t!ia'.k fiol. ! A'.'
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and another a
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FROM THE jsECOXD REGIMENT.
K i 'rn f r.r;t 'i ' "' r I. ) ii tif ::; r of CW-
Alexandria. Va.. July If. 1J1.
We let; Wa-hii.gtoii ia-t Wi dnesday for
this town, and f rom the Alexandria landing
took the cars where we row are. alxiut
-4 1-2 miles from the city, on the railroad to
Fairfax Court llou-e.
Advance parties a e sent ou every day.
The rir-t on-- wa- co:np '.! ot Companies A
and B ot our Regiment. We went atout
two mile beyond the pickets of the New
Yoi k Fire Zouaves, who are just bev ond u
to a bridge which was burnt by tbe rebels
on their retreat from Alexandria about one
month ago. Ot.ronler were to g to the !
l-l I I'. .1". 11! I l.i
nringe at;'i g iani u until u couni oe rcouut, ,
unless we were sooner relieved. j
After passcg the pi.-kets, scouts were de- j
tailed upon each fbtiiK. and we marched ;
with ci nsiderat'le caution until we i cat bed i
the ji'ace of th- bridge whi'.-ii had been
burned. The span vvas about thirty fee, I
hoii'd think, and aoou' t- n above the water.
The ma
pnrv and i
-work was m goo!
condition
After
xamining the bi idg
Maio- Jovct-,
who comm tude i the patty . s,.nt a few ni-n
under Le-ut. J hiison, to scout the road
southward, and al-o posted ickets on the
bids around. Ine niiin bodv then moved
into the woo ls an f aw.i !e 1 the reluin of
the scouts.
From our position vvc could see two or
three verv oM h iuses and so.ue culiivated
find : ttj
er . aw sb
tine
in ii 'lei
iovvMi of bushes
r tib oad 1 1 oui our
I lie Weeds were
mid is thick as
a'iil w
c.-np e
t ii m
lover. Is a ringed I!,
far as we w-ni.
wi he Pet bill.
V e uad a thunder .siiow. r while we were
in ti c vJoods, but we ail bad our blankets, so
we were prepan d
Our
in about two hours,
reported anoiher b idge burned south of
es. and a cur through n.i
five or six ret w i li stoio
to ks hi ed Ui lor
and d it.
The Major sent tor Company F. which ar
rivetl a iiitii dark, wlu-n piities ot live men
and a n n-commissioiii o ..'.ii were p'o.st' tl
along thd toad in each lin ed i jii loi a uuh- or
SO. My lace haj' ne. to be the tai l In st
north, at a pi ice h ie a p iili crosscd ihe
ll'.'ck, vv .ii.li had Ma- appeal aiioc ot belli:
well Used, and 1 xpi 1 lo :ce a l liel lie-
itile loo
M I net lie
iiij "V I
.g; lull was if
.v el'e ol s:r 1. 1
apioiiited. My iti
y hi an 1 sa w co n-
tl li'k, Ullirss I Was
I'
II III O I I l
Ui e II w a!" one ol on r
own men. The niefit
passed rath, r slowly , ,
1 ui i hern on guard
Ihe night
si ll a ,tk
lis..
1 have
I 'Cell Ie I'.
1 c.t.i five
lllie. .s t
befori
ill i
ma
dd ha" lly kee.j inV-
o ! lo nil after Miu-
ii in g i. I
.loo never i i
iieantt since
i ll e l UIV -ell
y i hin i i i!,
- i lie ii.i : '
I have
belter.
lue, id
I. iii'i oi
I c
!l gel .ii
v. ii.iv
-1! ' -
st mall Hie snipping pons oi tuiM, , .. , ..,.,., .- .
hue but the eaYlv capture ami , . - . ,,.
' . . -- . ' .! ; march upon r airfax uml Manassas,
lei' i 'iiii'-n' o! t!;e iii'a'es will re- ! 1 . . , . i i . .1
,1 1 i . ,i f ,r Ihree ndjfls were akeu vesteiday by th.
cts l ive l- ei! in-vic that the .Jell I ,. . . . , .,,,i. i,,, fi..
. , , i . . v 1 M-outs of the Maine ;lh, and another ty tin
i in- ca;it'i"-' and iirought into JNeW ; .... , . , . , .
1 . . , . ; Zouaves. 1 he 'Laud have taken iuite
salt meat ; but I don't eat that kind oow-a-days,
for it is hard eniough to get what water
I want, without eating salt. The water here
is warm, and some of it brackish ; but it is
better than it is in Washington. There is
considerable sickness in our camp some
with measles, and some with other ailments ;
most of which can Iks traced, cither to the ef
fect of the water abo.it here, or to impru
dunee or exposure. One of Company C
died in Washington o ' sore throat.
We aru one of the advance Leguiteiils-
to
fan'-v to our men.
knd are going vouting
..;... ,U ,.
We are. ordered for
five days' rations ; but may not be gone so i
.
long. The weather t
as been quite mole-
! rate, except one or two days, and they were
; not Wdrnier than I have seen before.
w. s.
Thr ( re of lite
PriiKlrrr hunlrr.
New York July 21.
he Pirate Sumter wi re
I Lev were a p: n of (
Two of the crew of
brought here yeott-nlayj
prize ert-w pa on t.oir'l
the h.' Kl.rci nn i .unu .
1 r:m la l. p'rt of Spain
(,'ant. J. I) Mr iut trouJ
for Londdi. which waJ
captured fiv the pnva
tc.r Sumt-
t r and a prizi ere put on board and
Sothuern port. The brig was afitr-
sent to a
. . W . . ... ..... 1... .....UI
waris rtrcapiurea uj c ri. oiroui awi nn n-.
The two men five s.ij -Bteresting statements
of the iloii gs of the nof famous re' l or pirate
steamer.
FiV'.- of the Lrivateer
men were put on hoard
the English vessel. Ti
e two that arrived here
hoard of dome cteamer
captain of the English
ofnm,f w... Tbi
Vr4.e, retain, t!iree Gf
khe prize crew yet. He
wa jQTd tor London
from I rinidad. hut will
cou:e to this city now w
ith tbe rest ot the pi-
rat-t
Tbe fol lowing note friom Capt. Strout is in our
possession :
. . . . .
the br '
privateer irien on hoar
,0 New york ii:
(Sijnedj
th, off Cape Antonio.
Una and put lo
1 ; have ..,t three left ;
stead of London.
J 1). Si ROUT.
PriKUu4tin Ol Ofa. .tici iruna.
lltad'iiirters arruv of
yin a, Beverly . V. .
Viidiers ot fie arm
-T-r!v. V. . July 20.
of up'.'ioii Western Vir-
uiv IV.
t t:.- We-t : I am more
Y'.u hive annihilated
hv iluci-.ted and expert
1 IT :nou-.UHi asf ie-s s
i-u You h-.ve taken
tit! til hundred stand of
f.an sati-ri-.d wit!i vora
irj araii'.s c( riiins'Tide
eticed o.d er eti'r; ni t
and ortiri'.-d jt th :r
five euri. tweive color
atl;;. ' he thousand !
than t" r:y '.5icers. J
tn-cn-i?. ii.ci iuig more
V; of t i;e s. ,x, 1 co 'ii
in rel'.rs :
los' his l.;-.-kidfi
more-
re'e 1- i a ; ri 'ri r - i- ether
n the tj-l i o: battle. You (uiv.-iH-i
two ci.ii ind n 1 tlftv of the
enem v w ho has loit aL his hagg-.ge and cvi.p
t'luipage aril ail this . has h-th a(-( onjpl.sfe I
wi;h the ioss of t vtcy l: ave men f.i.le l and l
wour.de i or your par:. You have prove I thai
Uiii'.ti ne !: hghtiiglor t;c- preservatiLiu ol our
goverr.iii'.:.; are iuTe than a iaat h for our mis-il-uided
and trria' brethren. - ore than l' is.
ou have siiowu mere
have made I'm.' and arduous marches wra in-
cto ie i foo-l, friqul-ntlv exnosed 1 1 the in
ci-.meti v ot the ea;t,iir.
1 have not hesitates
to denial J this of ou. feel ng that 1 couel rtiy
on your endurance, patii jiUrn and courage In
ttii-'tuture 1 "may have -ti'i irreaier demand! to
mate uteiii you. kti'l ilrea'.er sa.;nhee, mrvou
I to oiler. I tiall he n.yUre to proruk-for cu to
v .iiniLc, i.n i 1 Lau n iw ;hat
j by yoor alor nd endurance, you will acconi-
! pl'sti all tt.at is asked.
I .Viewers. I have ecu
fence in vou. ar.d I trust
j vcu have karued to cliitiie in me.
He in err, her
. w, . . :.,.,.
'oriiriaTion are cuahties
I o: equal vatue w nn courage, i am ruuu io ay
ti.al yuu hjvu gained
she highest reward that
Aiuericaii troop aa
receive: the ihaiiks of
auie of vour fellow riti-
Conre . aLU the
zens.
! Mgntd
Gto. U. McClellax.
Majjr OeLeral-
UftaiU of
Ibr Rattle.
v ashiQ.iou. Ju'v Ul.
A iiiost severe batt
t a fought to-day at
Bub's hnn bridge. Tie conflict was desperate.
i lasting over nite houirs. 1 he I rogramme as
siattd in the nrst dispatca from r airfax Court
House, was tarried out
until the troops met
; wnti a succession of
masked hatteries. which
I were attacked w.ta vi-
ior nd success after a
! severe loss, ot lite
! The troops advanced
as f j lows ; Col. Rich-
ard-on who disUDui
btd himself m the pre-
ious eogagertei t. pro
eeded on the left wui, 4
Keimenls oi the 3ih bJigate to hold the hatterv
on the hi i, on Vh: Waik-enton road, m the vi-
'iiiity o; the p. ace whkre the last battle was
fought.
1 he tiatik movementi were de-cribed in ihe
nrt J spatch.
Scheiicks an 1 Shermtns brigades of Gen. 1 v-
ier' division advanced
by the Warrcutown road,
while Col's HentzleUlS
-.. .
Ear.d Hunters division
rrentowu road to move
to0K the fork of t'.e V
between Bull's Run
ud Manassas Junction.
Col, Keys' brigade remkintd at Centtrviile.
lniormalioii was revived by Gen. Trier's
comma no. oi ttu existt
ice ot the enemies hat
I tery comuiaodiug ihe I
uaJ. Our troops were
then turilied 1 i battle
Arrav. I he 2nd 1
; aid 1st U:i:o, ou the 1c!
.ud the 2nd N. Y, and
i. 13th, and tilnh liegi-
; 2nJ v iseoUsili aud "9:
i tueiiii cl gCA lork outthe nrii Col. Miies' di
vision I- liotd in t e rear.
The hr-t ruge gUn wvs grtd by Sherman's
; battery ut ten minutes ol 7.
S 1 he i hefs di'l iiot return his shot until an
hour and a haif atlerwards.
: "A uea Coi. Hunters' i.iv ision tame up, anoth
: er hait.e became geiural. Coi. Hunter's move
im nt id gam the rear of the enemy was almost
' a success.
J he en. in es posi ion was opened ou by sev
er.d ol Canisle s hownzers. followed by "slight
k ir uiishing.
Ine reOtls ra' idly received remtorceu ents
from Manassas Junction, alter the attack Was
opined. I
1 he hi-.fyie consisted lot a succession ol tires
! trt ui masked hatteries, which opened ill tvciy
di ''"" cu one wu-silenced, ts place wa
""I'P-.""1 '5 tBO' -" th ldi,nn t''"ges cf
uui niiailli v in uilinnsMUg UieiU, tile JiJ t'llIO
i.ri.1 i V ' i..lir- u.v .,,1 .1 i 1 (.
..miu ,., fllH ll(ilU , , i.w a . ....- ,
ut VlK m!tlll roaJ. vhe .cV ,
0i 8 Kuus wita 4 regiments Hanked iu the rear.
Uur men were immediately ordered to be
do au on the side ot the Joad. in order to allow
two pieces of ariidey 10 piass through. and attack
the woik. when this b..uury opened upon us aud
killed on the 3d rou id Lt. 1) uipsey of Coin
fauy U. N Y. 2d. and vV m. Maxwell", a druth-
er, ana sciiou-ly wounded several others
that Col. Hunter had iirivcii tfietn h.cic ia he
tear: that t ol. lietiiizdimaii s commaud was
luetuiif; wan tve-ry sueieks, and thai it required
hut ti.e res rve of Uea. I' vie-" division to push
on to .vlai.assrs June i n.
A iississipu sol. li r was taken prisone- by
lia hrouck, oi the VV'isc oiim 21 regiment, lie
t"r"eii ou tote Ungndti iarter M .sler I'ry
or, eousiuto Itojrer A 1 -fry I. lie was captured
with his; horse as lie nv j acc ident rode luio our
our lines. lie ills, uv i ted hiuisell by reiuarkui
lo 1 1-isiiroucs.
- vv e
are getting bally tut 10
mi ni co vou i.. long v t '
plec, , !
a-Ut.l li
I'.- I--ply
I laser .i4
w
1 gll'
1 1
iJ n Missi-si
v l:;V ' ts....
: i"
. r. '
t
peart that onr artillery ha created erea havo:
iron;; the rebel of whom there are ir.nu thirty
to forty thousand in the 6cld under fie com
mand of G'a. Hcauregard, while th.y have a
reserve of 7V0U0 at the Junction.
He ilecribed an ffi'-er moT prom nent in the
ficht. ditin(ut'e d !f ''it tli- rent !v
hore a Jefl Davis.
Ilo ronfr ais '. raviolis rejee's.
inert y- i.ero troi.ps 't. tt e rt!n '.
s is i i d.&'n-u-l ro c t thei'i in pro:
li!tK'.
In t a"!e :i't:iv ; .MiTi'.n ot t!: .
t'-nil.- in t '.o-" Mii-s in tie fi ii of a
tt:- oil- n fji:-'ri' 'U': -iircr o our t:
Ttie :-.re.' - in-. ! h.iV' b-et fi
H!isk"-1 t.att in s.
A 7 o'c! k tliis evening j;ou
tiring ..t s eirt i!it-rv..li.
New York, f j'.
It i ri po't'-il t ut KiUw ir li's Ziu
t' e l.nui-i Z iuavt, r jUSe l Shell.
ts white
' a rfi'i-if-s
I nt
r i'-ci-
' t iny -X-
; i.ugle,
Mill.
.1 .h
r- hear!
. -ggri.!.
ivi s met
:.!.'! t'Aii
itjeir i Oior
AIo ri',.t tie. tath New 5ik -.Tip e.l to the
skin. . x'-' c" i'ts. p.: ie i into the ri m: rj-rj
tf.- s ! 1 I :g or pt I si li.il s,,!, ty .
(Jell. Nicl) iweii"-- ti-ie aph (- " ti c Iler
a'ii( :h.'t th'- e'leinv i i-i' oic. '. I'-'.v muted
fro " iJ'ili's Ku'i wer retre inig !ov. i: Man-iis-as
; a ing :i:eir h.'tn-i ics in utses-;. -t t,i the
Union furees.
Tiie r iie'.s leaving their dead on tin f.el.1 -
The lo- of l.te on tioth side- i fricdi iui. The
w hole forces on l.o h si !es were said to be tn
uaeed tii-n .J.jhiiS'ii: having joined I'e; n regard '
army, thus swelling the enemy to seviiity thou
sand .
fhe N-- York Her..; i
h.-.ttletlel'!. 'A h. -i h- ! f
in vhs i.umbi r .
Lt Coi i'oi wit.,
oil .v tie- r be s .. : ): :
chtain th-; b"H- - ! L S;
n reporter a on the
, t:e- i he!s were flying
'. . . ;ru -. was fire!
en ii-avorifg vj
i
i.t -.he 1-t Maesa-
tiUsett- regini'.-'il
Th- t-rea' - i.t; -ui j
he I'moa
r :: ks
Jeff )JC, Said t'J be fct M-ll.ilM5ds
( oi.'owdiii 1-t Msai hu-ef.s regiment was
fired on fv he rc!el j ictets s.-vt-rai times Satnr
day night" whi'.e fcleepiln u the iOi.d on their
arms '! ne Massachusetts 1st tte in the ad
vance. The tdror of i.e J imes froiii Centreville i 30
, - . u I
p. III.. ' at'lig hi i.ispa'.eii wiinnivu. m a-
tii.;!:t. ';, s it
ought " i
ti -ops u.:i :;
of l'. e
imttle is one c i!iesertei etr
f-ontinei't. Lpiotwo ciock our
v-u tne enemy through a distatsce
. and ii j'v have pose-s f,r. of tr.e
fielo -f t.afS-.
The eriernv f-.li k Irom ne position on an.
oil.er ou-'iy stii.ng ati i (. v ery point v a trc-shi?
rmi'ij.-ii i Th'-ir face
ftrtamiv i'oij-j:"
our-. 1 I.t- r.re Z-iUaves were
While U'kv. ii i p to make .
assAili-i hv a 'ii i-Ke '. 'ut'erv
terrib v lit
u-.
ia-it t.-'t-y were
I'll sT 'T.g sat -
'rt
-.UK
id ion d to hrea - I: is
-a-. d !,.-.'. -.i 1 i i. Jr'ar-!. am an i Litut t oi.
i -.. '.er-- .! -1. C'.i i'urrer v. as w unf
ed t .n, -t. '"', : cu-ii f K-i Irianl
;, fiii fii,:. lowers ot lt were kilct. Ma
; r ;,. . a 21 L. I. ' a- svr.-iy wound oi'.he
t-ic". ik-.'i t',:ti hv a t ;.r.r,or h di Ut r pragie
I.!.-! r ,s ! i r-i -: t ui.Cer !.i-r..
Washir. gton. duly .
A!t'-r ti e latest into! waiion from Cen're
vioc. at half past 7 oY!o k ia-t iiight, a -ri.-.
Ot' evel t tfok plac..-. i:i the ii.t-t --.t de-
er-. ii:s;.s'r.US.
Mat.v toi.lus,.d statements an- ptevaleLt,
but enough is known i j vrarrar.t the state
ment ibat e have suffered in a degree which
ha-- a-t a giOfm over the remnant of the ar
mv. and xi ited the deepest rnelanthoily
throughout Washington.
The carnage is tremendously heavy on
both fid.- aod ou our it is represitd aa
frightful. We -were advancing, and taking
their masked batteries gradually but surely,
and driving the ent-uiy towards Manassas
Junction, when the enea y seemed o have
L- en reihfoced by Uen. Johnson, who. it ii
und'-r-too t'ok command an 1 imix.edia.Tely
omui'-ticed driving u Lack, when a pah;.'
among our tr'ijps su ! lenly occurrcJ. and a
regular stampede took place.
It is thought that Urn. McDowll under
tcjk to make a stand at or about Cenr.evilk,
but the panic was so fearlul that ihe whole
armv U't-aine demoralized, and it was impos
sible to ctWk them, either at Centre .He or
at Fairfax Court House.
(ieio M' l)owell iiiteiideil to make another
p'aiid at Fairfax Court House, but our f orce?
being iu full retreat, he -ould not accomphsh
the object.
IJt-yokd Fairfax Court House the retreat
was kept up until the men iea hed their reg
ular encampments, a portion ci' whom re
turned to them, but a still large r jortion ceis-
i ing inside the rntrrnchmt-nts.
j A large number of the troops in their re-
: Treat fell on tbe way fide lrom t xhausfion.
j and are scattered alons the route ail the way
I from Fairfax Court House.
1 The road from Bull's Hun was sTreweJ
j with knap-aiks. arms, Kc. Some of' cr
i troops delir-erately threw away their gur.s anl
j aj'purtei.ances .the letter to facilitate lie::
travel.
(ien. McDowell was in the rear t f the re
', treat exerting himself to rally his men. la:
l only with partial effect. The latter parte:
the army it is sai 1 made their retreat iu or
der. He vvas completely exhausted, havihg
' slept 'but little tor three nights.
I ll:s or r- on trie tiehi did nul at a'.l tiroes
i reacii i. o ,r houi ih y were interiunl. 1:
is su; es. d that the force seut out r.g?.-rif o-r
: troops c..esi-ttd. atccorda g to a prisoners st:--'-mt-nt
o! a'lout 3i t.UU men inciudmg a large
l umber t.f Cavalry. He further says that owicj
to the r ., irceinents from H.c'iuion '. -roa
f urg and o:hcr points ti e enemy's elite i.e for .8
whs ' ihety tfiousatid men.
According to tiie stalement of two ri'e'. u
avts tfiey oniy have a' out two houJrtd ra n
I'-!t lrom the slaughter, w hile the 9.h i-nJ
er re.-iniciiti frigutludy suffered in kid d ..:i
wojnj-f 1 he num'ier cannot no' Ik: known,
.she man's. Carlisle's, Unlfin's, and the West
I'oin: b.n't-ries were t. kcn by the ttietnv j.i: i
the Iigl.-: s:t - and tfiittv to rule cannon, the
latter hemg loo cumbrous to remove.
1 hey were two miles-.the other side of (Vnter
vi. It: uch of ihe woun 'ed as were brought to
the CeutcTvide hospital, were left there after
having tfuir wounos properly dressed bv Jsur
eeon Fran ii Hamilton.
1'nc panic was so great that the attempt t:
rally ir.em to a stand at Ct-ntirville, was t-Ltireir
iu vain If a ti in stand had been made there
our troo t could hare t-en rem'orced, and much
isaster pn veuted. Ucn. McDowell was thus
foiled iu his w- 11 arranged plat g.
ll is supposed all the provision trams U-Iol.-mg
to the United States goveiument were saved
fsome ie. imental wigomj were overturf-d by
ac . l mt an 1 ha 1 to hi ahaa lonei. A large
drove id cuttle were saved by being, driven back
iu udvaiite o! the retreat.
I; is suppose! here to-day, that ien Mans
heid wui take command oi ifie lortiticaiioc cjO
the other side of the nver, which are u'de. i: is
said by md.tary t-iiginecrs. to hold th-in sigaitst
any foice the tueiny may brin agaiust ti e'
Large rided jiinuu and mortars are being l api-
ly sent hvi r and mounted.
Au otlicc-r just Irota Virginia reports th it ti:
lOaJ tiotu Ceuurville to the Comaiac is s;:cc!
vvr.; -tragler
i he troops trt resuming the o -u; t ::vt; '
;'t.-.- !.iiiiit urns on .tt v ct .ttJt. iv.i. u...
(id. Al-.'-t-.ti's Nt-vv llamps.jire- Hi-.-.;. "-;
r ; - ' ! '..': iii. tno::.i. g. He a- v - .
l ,n o. . v
i
i